The Senate has confirmed Heidi Shyu‘s nomination to become the undersecretary of the Department of Defense for research and engineering, a role first held by Michael Griffin since the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act elevated it at undersecretary level. As USD(R&E), Shyu will be responsible for setting the strategy for D...
Accion Systems has appointed federal service veterans Michael Griffin, Lisa Porter and Jeanne Foster to its board of advisers as the Boston-based satellite propulsion technology developer looks to expand the company’s footprint across government space missions. The three new advisers bring government work experience in the Department of Defens...
Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has been named acting undersecretary of research and engineering at the Department of Defense....
The Missile Defense Agency has released a solicitation for the Next-Generation Interceptor program, Defense News reported Friday. MDA requested $664.1M in fiscal 2021 funds for NGI, which replaces the Redesigned Kill Vehicle program as part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System designed to defend the U.S. against ballistic missile defense th...
Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a two-time Wash100 award winner, said he expects four vendors to submit proposals for the Next-Generation Interceptor program, Defense Daily reported Wednesday....
McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the remarks of Michael Griffin, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a 2019 Wash100 award winner, at a Chamber of Commerce event held Tuesday. Griffin said the Pentagon must have a dedicated proliferated LEO system or constellation of sma...
This week, Jose Arrieta was confirmed as the chief information officer for the Department of Health and Human Services. Arrieta confirmed his appointment on Thursday during the Association for Federal Information Resources Management’s Leadership Awards event. In Virginia news, it was also revealed that President Trump intends to nominate Ken ...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report that outlines some of the technology priorities of Michael Griffin, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Defense Department. One of the priorities is the need to accelerate the deployment of a space-based sensor layer to defend against hypersonic threats as mandated in the...
Weekly Roundup November 6 – November 10 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson In recent weeks a number of significant private sector executive moves and potential federal moves have been announced. Let’s take a quick look at these executive movement a...
Weekly Roundup October 30 – November 3 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson During October a number of contracts valued at over a billion dollars were awarded for a variety of services such as range services, construction, healthcare staffing, foreign military...
